撫なで牛うし

noun

lying bull statue (rubbed for healing)

A statue of a reclining bull, traditionally rubbed on the corresponding body part to ease ailments; associated with folk belief and often found at temples or shrines.

• 神じん社じゃの境けい内だいに撫なで牛うしがあって、参さん拝ぱい者しゃが自じ分ぶんの悪わるいところと同おなじ部ぶ分ぶんを撫なでていた。

  There was a lying bull statue in the shrine grounds, and visitors were rubbing the part corresponding to their own ailment.